For instance, sister company Carlson Wagonlit Travel is one of the world's largest travel agencies, but China forbids foreigners from providing travel-related services, so Carlson is paying a Beijing destination management company, Pacific World, to handle much of what it could do itself.
It is also important for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia Pacific and the world.
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And security in the Pacific means a world in which our economic and military power is second to none.
Douglas MacArthur's intelligence staff in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Now the Scandinavian countries are perhaps the most pacific in the world.
The Asia-Pacific region is the world's most economically vibrant, a point underscored by Europe's travails.
The Asia-Pacific region of the world is tremendously important to the United States for a number of reasons.
Bangladesh ordered the closure of the three Nassa factories Nassa Fashions, Bay Pacific Enterprise and New World Apparel because of visible cracks in exterior walls, according to the Labor Ministry document.
The stakes could hardly be higher -- for the two Pacific powers and for the world.
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George Bush trumped that in November by advocating a free-trade area spanning the Pacific and covering half the world economy.
Spread spectrum was first used by the allies in the Pacific campaigns of the second world war, where it foiled Japanese attempts to jam radio-controlled torpedoes.
The TPP -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that I just met with the countries who are involved, we're doing some outstanding work trying to create a high-level trade agreement that could potentially be a model not just for countries in the Pacific region but for the world generally.
Then the President will be moving along to the leaders' meeting of the APEC Summit, where he'll have the opportunity to engage in a dialogue about our continued efforts to promote balanced and sustainable growth in the Asia Pacific region and around the world, building upon the strong efforts that have taken place at the G20 -- which Mike Froman can discuss in a bit.
So this is one of the free trade initiatives that's most ambitious in the world and would foster integration of the Asia Pacific region, one of the regions with the greatest dynamism in the world.
Japanese soldiers were found living on Pacific Islands a full decade after World War 2 ended.
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According to Pacific Hydro, wind is the world's fastest growing energy source, with installed capacity over the five years from 1998-200 growing at an average 32 percent a year.
As the fastest-growing region in the world, the Asia Pacific will shape so much of our security and prosperity in the century ahead, and it is critical to creating jobs and opportunity for the American people.
Representing the Asia-Pacific region of FIFA, the world soccer association, under the auspices of the Asian Football Confederation (with 46 member nations) at the 2010 South Africa World Cup venue are four teams: Australia, South Korea, North Korea and Japan.
Unleashing women's economic potential and closing the gender gap in economic participation is the best prescription for economic growth in the United States, in the Asia-Pacific region, and around the world because we know we cannot win the future unless our entire workforce is empowered.
In addition to world-class Chinese and Pacific Island displays, the museum boasts a fine Native American collection.
And for at least the next four years, Asia Pacific economies will grow faster than the world average.
Why Germany has colonised this pacific region of the board-game world is unclear.
Since 1998 he dominated the 400 meter freestyle, winning the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific championships until taking a post-2004 break.
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines is the largest of the overseas cemeteries, with more than 17, 000 Americans, marking World War II's Pacific Theatre.
CANBERRA, Australia -- Global Green groups have begun a campaign to have the coral reefs of the Pacific island of New Caledonia nominated for World Heritage listing.
The perilous battle that was fought during World War II in the Pacific at Iwo Jima was a battle against all odds, and yet this picture immortalizes the victory of young GIs over the incursion against the Japanese.
In Europe, in Latin America, in Africa, in Asia and now in the Arab world, sudden events and slow-moving trends bring us into a new world -- in the Pacific and in the Mediterranean -- and we welcome the new global governments in the G20, reflecting the growing influence of emerging countries as well as their new responsibilities.
In conclusion, Tupperware has found explosive growth in emerging markets around the world, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
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